-- Defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh is in Hawaii preparing to play in the Pro Bowl on Sunday night as an alternate.

He told the Houston Chronicle he wishes fans would get to know him. If they did they would know he'd never kick a guy in "that area." He was fined $30,000 after the Thanksgiving game for kicker Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub in the groin.

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Here's the problem with that. Suh is a really tough guy to get to know. He's built a fence around himself. During the season he only talks to Detroit reporters once a week and that's because it's mandated by the NFL.

Often he's gone immediately after games including the Thanksgiving loss when reporters were looking for an explanation for the groin kick. He could have quieted the issue that day, but still it is lingering two months later.

He was on Twitter this week giving away Suh logo hats to first three fans could answer where he'll be watching the Super Bowl from. The answer was Shanghai. Not many active professional team athletes have their own logo, Suh does.

Also, it was announced this week that Suh is participating in the new ABC celebrity diving reality series called Splash. It debuts March 19.

He didn't have it cleared by team officials even though certainly there are injury risks and he's set to make $11.15 million in 2013.

Can't imagine his teammates or coaches will be too happy if he sustains an injury, particularly if it's serious.

Last year Suh was a contestant on a reality dating show called "The Choice."

Maybe reality shows are our best insight into the Suh character.

-- Titus Young continues his effort to get cut by the Lions. Earlier in the week he tweeted that if he didn't get the ball more often he didn't want to play. Sounded like he was 10 years old, not an NFL wide receiver.

On Friday morning he tweeted: "Oh I'm not done, if y'all going to cut me let me go. I'm tired of the threats.''

Fans are tired of his attitude if Twitter reaction is any indication, and I think it is.

Coach Jim Schwartz told reporters at the Senior Bowl this week that Young's tweets were not the right way to approach his offseason work. It was a polite way of telling him to stop.

Andy yet he keeps going.

Still stick by my belief that the Lions should cut the cord and dump Young at the first opportunity which would be the day after the Super Bowl.

They can try to trade him, but is anyone crazy enough to take on such a head case. He was a problem child at Boise State and in high school. It's not like this is new. The only difference is he didn't hop on Twitter to make the situation worse.

-- And then there's quarterback Matthew Stafford who has taken tons of criticism for the Lions' 4-12 record despite coming close to passing for 5,000 yards again.

Stafford and his girlfriend were cheering on the Detroit Red Wings at the home opener Tuesday night. He's never claimed to be a big hockey fan (maybe that's changing), but he is a huge Detroit supporter.

He tweeted a photo on Thursday morning of the frozen hand-scanner security device at the Lions practice facility.

Just another day at work for Stafford who certainly found a way to get in.